Regional differences in healthy life expectancy in the Netherlands

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 424-429

  Groenewegen, Peter P ^a   Westert, Gert P ^b   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; Healthy life expectancy; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0142212256     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00100-8     Document Type: Article

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